Estrie () is an
administrative region
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
of
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
that comprises the
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships (, ) is a historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands, St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby, Quebec, Granby in ...
. ''Estrie'', a French
neologism
In linguistics, a neologism (; also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language. Most definitively, a word can be considered ...
, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone.
Anglophones are concentrated in
Lennoxville
Lennoxville () is an ''arrondissement'', or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Lennoxville is located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi Rivers approximately five kilometres south of downtown Sherbrooke.
Lenn ...
, home of the region's only English-speaking university,
Bishop's University
Bishop's University () is a small English-language Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Lennoxville, a borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The founder of the institution was the Anglican Diocese of Quebec, Anglican Bishop of Quebec ...
. The English-language
Eastern Townships School Board runs 20 elementary schools, three high schools, and a learning centre.
The region originally consisted of 6
regional county municipalities. In 2021, La Haute-Yamaska & Brome-Missisquoi joined Estrie, transferring from
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
...
.
Economy
While the economy of the area is mainly based on agriculture, forestry, and mining, tourist attractions include four
Sépaq parks:
Yamaska,
Mont-Orford,
Frontenac, and
Mont-Mégantic,
ski resorts at
Mont Brome and
Mont Orford, and
agritourism
Agritourism or agrotourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. It encompasses a wide range of activities, including direct-to-consumer sales such as farm stands and u-pick, agricultu ...
.
Administrative divisions
Regional county municipalities
Equivalent territory
Demographics
Estrie has a population of 377,701 according to the 2021 Canadian Census. Out of 326,955 singular responses the most common out of them are as follows.
Cultural or ethnic origin
Estrie has a majority European population but it does have a diverse group of minorities. The most commonly described ethnic groups amongst the 328,025 responses are as follows
= Religion
=
School Districts
Francophone:
* Commission scolaire des Hauts-Cantons (
Coaticook
Coaticook ( , ) is a town on the Coaticook River, located in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It resides in the region of Estrie, which is often referred to colloquially as the Eastern Townships.
It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Mu ...
,
East Angus and
Lac-Mégantic).
* Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke
* Commission scolaire des Sommets
* Commission scolaire Val-des-cerfs
Anglophone:
*
Eastern Townships School Board
Major communities
*
Bromont
*
Coaticook
Coaticook ( , ) is a town on the Coaticook River, located in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It resides in the region of Estrie, which is often referred to colloquially as the Eastern Townships.
It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Mu ...
*
Cookshire-Eaton
*
Cowansville
*
Farnham
Farnham is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tributary of the ...
*
Granby
*
Lac-Brome
*
Lac-Mégantic
*
Magog
*
Orford
*
Shefford
*
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...
*
Val-des-Sources
*
Windsor
References
Further reading
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External links
Estrie Government of Quebec
Tourism Eastern TownshipsEstrieplus.com
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Administrative regions of Quebec